Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 25 September 1867, CO 60:29, no. 1268, 221.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 25 September 1867, CO 60:29, no. 1268, 221.
Despatch to London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
Secret
Victoria
25th September 1867
My Lord Duke,
I have the honor to forward a Return shewing what our financial
position will probably be at the end of the year. I deeply regret
this pecuniarydifficulty
difficulty at a time when the Americans are making
such energetic efforts to improve their recent purchase to the
North of us. I fear that the annexation feeling prevalent in
Victoria will be stimulated by the contrast of the total self
reliance imposed upon us and the absence of all assistance from Home.
difficulty at a time when the Americans are making
such energetic efforts to improve their recent purchase to the
North of us. I fear that the annexation feeling prevalent in
Victoria will be stimulated by the contrast of the total self
reliance imposed upon us and the absence of all assistance from Home.
Troops are to be poured into Alaska.
We have hadto
to pay
locally £17,000 for the suppression of an Indian Insurrection, and
to the Imperial Government, £10,700 for the Engineers huts at New
Westminster which are utterly valueless to us. Can no assistance of
any kind be furnished to us? I almost dread the growth of feeling
in this Colony adverse to the connexion with the Mother Country which
may lead to some complications.
to pay
locally £17,000 for the suppression of an Indian Insurrection, and
to the Imperial Government, £10,700 for the Engineers huts at New
Westminster which are utterly valueless to us. Can no assistance of
any kind be furnished to us? I almost dread the growth of feeling
in this Colony adverse to the connexion with the Mother Country which
may lead to some complications.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Statement showing estimated revenue for the period 1 September to
31 December 1867, showing a total of $197,070.
Statement showing amounts required to meet liabilities
and expenditures for same period, showing a total of $290,330.
Other documents included in the file
